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Skittles

Also known as Skittles (Old English · Table · Long Alley) · Table skittles · Northamptonshire skittles

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Knock pins down by throwing a ball or cheese; many regional forms from alley skittles to Northamptonshire table skittles.

Heritage note

Part of the living heritage of United Kingdom, Germany, Liechtenstein.

Origins

Usually placed in the era of Age of Contact and Craft (about 1500 to 1800), although its exact origins are uncertain, within the cultural world of Celtic and Atlantic Europe.

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